About Mercor

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role

As a Recruiter on Mercor's Enterprise Human Data team, you'll own full-cycle hiring for the fastest-growing division at one of the fastest-growing companies in the world — the team building human-powered AI evaluation and training data for the enterprises and labs putting agents into production (customers span Fortune 500s to frontier labs). You'll partner directly with leadership, Engagement Managers, and Strategic Project Leads to hire the account owners, project leads, engineers, and other support functions who will scale the org from ~10 people today to 100+ by the end of the year. This is a true 0→1 motion, with an opportunity to lay the foundation for how this team recruits.

This is a high-intensity mandate. Mercor recently crossed a $2B revenue run rate, and the hiring bar and pace here match that ambition: we operate six days a week (five in person) and long hours, based out of our San Francisco (preferred) or NYC office.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across the Enterprise Human Data org's core roles — Engagement Managers, Strategic Project Leads and Associates, applied-AI / code-delivery engineers

• Partner directly with team and company leadership to map hiring needs, calibrate the bar, and implement continual process improvements as the team scales from ~10 to 100+

• Build top-of-funnel using creative outbound and talent intelligence

• Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene

• Operationalize hiring systems: track and optimize key funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield)

• Champion speed and quality: drive SLAs for same-day debriefs, fast offers, and a best-in-class candidate experience in an exceptionally competitive market

• Build brand: campaigns, referrals, and events that attract top operators, engineers, and commercial talent

• Represent Mercor externally — you'll be a face of the brand to senior candidates weighing the best offers in tech

• Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems

• Recruit across both commercial/GTM and technical profiles as the division stands up domain pods (Legal, Finance, Coding, Health)

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles

• Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions

• High motor, outcome oriented approach; Enterprise is Mercor's fastest-growing segment and hiring is the single biggest lever on its growth

• Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with General Managers, Account Leads and internal leadership

• Familiarity with a range of roles across commercial (sales / account management) and technical (engineering, applied AI) hiring

• Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates

• Comfort with the pace this mandate requires: six days a week (five in person), long hours, based in SF (preferred) or NYC

• Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems

Nice to Haves

• Experience as a founding recruiter or early-stage startup builder

• Interest in the human data / AGI space

• Experience recruiting for GTM / enterprise sales or technical / applied-AI teams (both are in scope)

• A track record of hiring against aggressive, non-negotiable timelines in a hyper-growth environment

Ideal Qualities

• Agility / Adaptability - ability to move fast, pivot with business shifts, and maintain best-in-class outcomes

• Operational Rigor - ability to bring order to an unstructured environment

• Growth Mindset - You don’t need to be an expert on AI, but you do need to have a strong desire to learn and continue learning in a rapidly evolving, frontier industry

• Commitment to the Outcome - Ownership mentality; will hold themselves accountable to an extremely high standard of work

• Love for the Craft - we are building a zero to one motion; this hire will bring a low ego attitude to the table with a genuine love for building a best-in-class talent acquisition motion

Benefits

• $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area or NY)

• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)

• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals

• Free Equinox membership

• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement

• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match